Oppel is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Oppel
No. of characters: 5
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Worn in Alsace and Germany (rare variant: Oppell), the name appears as Opel, be a variant names and call Apel hypocoristiques Albrecht (= Albert). Alternatively Germanic personal names as hypocoristic Otbald or Otbert. Third hypothesis: diminutive names Opp, Oppe that M.-T. Morlet considers Germanic variants Off (Offo Germanic personal name).

How popular is Oppel?

Oppel is common in South Africa.

Oppel is ranked 102755 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Oppels grew by 13.78601 per cent to 553 since 2000 and ranked 39717 after elevating 2339 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.2 96.3
Hispanic or Latino 1.81 1.23
Oppel is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Germany. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Austria. Around 4053 people have been found who wears Oppel as their family name. Oppel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,791 Namibia2
20,595 China2
24,269 Peru2
13,606 Senegal1
30,360 Thailand1
15,162 Costa Rica1
18,969 Wales1
492,292 Ukraine1
81,201 Switzerland1
153,416 Italy1
42,479 Greece1
49,101 Denmark1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,550 England48
93,878 Canada28
282,307 Russia27
62,494 Netherlands22
92,417 Australia17
60,256 Czech Republic15
113,815 Kazakhstan14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
92,589 Brazil79
Countries with hundreds of Oppel:
35,915 United States795
22,208 Argentina239
5,126 Austria236
Countries with thousands of Oppel:
6,211 Germany1,513
6,461 South Africa1,005
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Oppel Namesakes

  • Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Olympic athlete
  • Britta Oppelt, Olympic athlete
  • Frieda Oppeln, Author
  • Jean-Hugues Oppel, Author
  • Kenneth Oppel, Writer
  • Kurt Oppelt, Olympic athlete
  • Britta Oppelt, Olympic athlete

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